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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- 2,083,200 camumrmo mom Application May 23, 1929, Serial No. 365,409 In (lei-many February 14, 1927 2 Claims.

Our invention relates to key-set calculating machines, and more particularly to a machine of the type referred to in which calculating units are provided. It is an object of our invention to improve a machine of this type with a view to rendering it more adaptable.

To this end, we equip the calculating units, in addition to the normal accumulator which will be referred to as the principal accumulator,

and to a calculating wheel of the usual design, with another accumulator which will be referred to as the subsidiary accumulator. The principal accumulator may have more than one registering wheel while the subsidiary accumulator has a pair of independently rotatable registering wheels. One of the registering wheels in the subsidiary accumulator is numbered in the same sequence as the registering wheel, or one of the registering wheels, in the principal accumulator,

and the other registering wheel in the subsidiary accumulator is numbered in the opposite sequence. The calculating wheels of the individual units are equipped with the usual nine teeth for rotating the registering Wheels in the principal and, subsidiary accumulators, and means such as an axially shiftable shaft, or a pair of shafts, on which the parts of the subsidiary accumulator are mounted, are provided for alternately connecting one of the registering wheels in the subsidiary accumulator to the calculating wheel of the unit, and for disconnecting both registering wheels of the subsidiary accumulator from the calculating wheel.

, By providing unit having a principal and a subsidiary accumulator as described, with not less than three registering wheels in all, the adaptability-of the machine is much increased as compared with the usual machine whose calculating units have a single accumulator and a single registering wheel only. Forinstance, calculations may he performed with our novel units in which positive and negative amounts are accumulated separately, or in which such amounts are temporarily involved in, and cut out from,

4.5 the calculating operation. It is also possible to form positive or 5 negative individual products which are simultaneously added or subtracted, and all normal calculations may also be performed, as will be fully described below.

In the drawings affixed to the specification and forming part thereof, two types of calculating un ts embodying our invention are illustrated diagrammatically by way of example.

In the drawings Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are viewsillustrating, in three Fig. 4 is a view showing, in the position of parts illustrated in Fig. l, acalculating unit with two registering wheels in the principal accumulator,

Fig. 5 is an elevation, on a magnified scale, of two subsidiary accumulators, the individual parts being shown in a position corresponding to Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VIVI in Fig. 5,

Figs. 7 to l3 illustrate the tens-transfer structure, as follows:

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a calculating wheel with one of the calculating units only cooperating therewith and the parts supporting it on the frame,

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the structure, viewed from the left in Fig. '7,

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the structure,

Fig. 10 shows one of the transfer teeth,

Fig. '11 shows diagrammatically one phase of the operation of the structure, the view being taken from the side opposite to that from which Fig. 5 is seen,

Fig. 12 is a, view similar to Fig. '7, also taken from the side opposite to that from which Fig. '7 is seen, and showsv two calculating units in combination with a calculating. wheel, and

Fig. 13 is an ,elevation of a bridge on which certain parts of the structure are supportedand of a calculating wheel.

The details of the machine have not been illustrated, only a portion of the casing on the carriage being shown in Figs. 6, '7 and 12. The main driving shaft l5 supports the calculating wheels l6 for the individual units. The calculating wheels I6, I G and I6 are illustrated in Fig. 5, together with the subsidiary accumulators of the units 1 and II to which belong the calculating wheels I6 and I 6 respectively. The calculating wheels are equipped with nine teeth I! which are moved into and out of active position with respect to the units by the keys of the calculating machine, and two tens transfer teeth IS. The means for moving the teeth I! have not been illustrated as they form no part of the present invention. The means for movingthe teeth IE will be described with reference to Figs. 7 to 13.

In Figs. 1 to 4,the two accumulatorsare shown as placed apart so that they appear atopposite driving shaft II. The shafts II and 13 of the It. During this movement of the slide ill, the

sides of the calculating wheel ll while in fact they are above it, as shown in Fig. 6.

The principal accumulator A is supported on a pair of parallel shafts 18 and II, Figs-1 to 3, and the subsidiary accumulator C, D is supported on a similar pair of shafts It, It, which also extend in parallel relation to each other. The shafts of both pairs extend in parallel relation to the main subsidiary accumulator are adapted to be shifted axially in the carriage by any suitable means such as for instance the device shown in Fig. 1'. As may be seen from this figure a slide III is shiftably mounted upon a shaft Ill and provided with slots I02, I03 and III of different form. Pins I", "II and I0! connected to a slide OI, the shaft 13' l and the shaft ll' respectively extend through the corresponding slots I02, Ill and I respectively.

The middle slot I03 is formed as a straight slot extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the slide Ill. The slot I0! is angularly shaped. Its lower half is inclined in a direction opposite to that of the slot I03, while its upper half runs-in parallel to the middle slot III. The slot I04 also is formed angularly. Its lower half extends parallelly to the longitudinal axis of the slide liill, whereas the upper half extends parallelly to the middle slot Hi3.

Fig. 1 shows the slide ill! in its uppermost posi-" tion which corresponds to the one end position of the shafts I8, 18' and the slide 90. If the slide I" is partly moved downwardly, the shaft 18' remains in its position, because the lower half of the angularly shaped slot I extends in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slide I" and therefore cannot shift the pin Hi1 connected to shaft shaft II and the slide 88 are shifted in opposite directions. as the pins I and lilioonnected to the shaft 19' and the slide 86 respectivelyare influenced by portions of the slots to: and m respectively which are in opposite directions inclined to the longitudinal axis of the slide Ill. The position of the individual parts of the ma-. chine. due to this shifting movement of the slide Ill, isillustrated in Fig. 2 and may be called an intermediate position. If new the slide III is moved further in the same direction into its lowermost position, the shaft II and 'II' and the slide ll all are shifted in'the same direction, as the portions of the slots III, I" and I, effecting this movement, all are inclined in the same direction with regard to the longitudinal axis of the slide Ill. Fig. 3 shows the position occupied by the individual parts of the machine at the end of the downward stroke of the slide I". In the unit illustrated inllgs. 1 to 3, the shafts and IQ of the principal accumulator A are fixed against axial displacement.

Mounted on the shaft 1: of the principal accumulator A intermediate wheels or spur gears ll and tensfer-levers 8! (Figs. 1-3 and 6),

to rm. '1 to 13. Above the registering wheels so. 1-

aoeaaoo inspection holes II are provided in the casing 8|, as best seen in Fig. 8.

The shaft II of the subsidiary accumulator which subsidiary accumulatoris subdivided into the individual registering devices C, ,D carries intermediate wheels or spur gears III which are free to rotate on the shaft but are held against displacement thereon by collars t9 so that they partake in the shifting movement of the shaft II. The tens-transfer levers of the subsidiary registerlng devices C, D which as a whole are designated with 02 are U-shaped and mounted to rock on the shaft ll while being held against axial displacement by the collars 89. The shanks 82c and lid of the levers 92 are equipped with cams "c and "d for cooperation, respectively, with projections "85c and lid on disks carried, respectively, by the registering wheels 86c and 88d of the subsidiary accumulator, as best seen in Fig. 5. This figure shows twosubsidiary registering devices C, D for the units I and II, and the two calculating wheels II -and I8 with their teeth I'I and I! for the respective units. The shaft 19' is also mounted to be shifted axially. spur gears 81c and lid which are connected to the registering wheels 80c, 86d, respectively, and adapted to be rotated by the intermediate gears 80' are arranged side by side.

The registering wheels We of the subsidiary registering devices 0, D are numbered in the same sequence as the registering wheels 88 of the principal accumulators A and are used for addition, while the registering wheels ltd are numbered in the opposite sequence and are used for subtraction. Preferably the numbers of the wheels 8! and lie are of a difierent colour from that of the numbers of the wheel 86d, 94 and 95 (Fig. 5) are two slots in the casing 90 for cache! the devices C, D which slots expose both registering wheels 86c, lid devices of C and D of the subsidiary accumulator, and 36 is a slide, with an inspection hole II for each accumulator which is mounted to move on the casing 80, so that the hole 31 may be brought into register'with the corresponding inspection holes II, or 95. The slide 9! may be shifted to an intermediate position, shown in Fig. 3, so as to cover all the inspection holes SI and 9| and to conceal the numbers of the wheels lie and lld.

The clearing device for the registering wheels ll, 80c andltd will be described with reference to Figs. 7 to 13. The means for zeroizing the accumulators are old in the art and have not been illustrated.

The principal accumulator A of the units order includes a single registering wheel I. The first registering device C of the subsidiary accumulator comprises the registering wheel lie, the projection 85c and the spur gear 81c. The second regtstering device D of the subsidiary accumulator which is mounted on the same shaft as the first registering device C comprises the registering wheel lld, the spur gear 81d and the projection Old. In the position illustrated in Fig. 1, the inspection hole 91 of the slide 86 coincides with the inspection hole 04 of the casing ll, not shown here, so that through these-holes the registering wheel lie of the evioe C} for addition is visible and in the positi illustrated in Fig. 2 in which the slide 80 has been shifted to the right the registering wheel lid of the device D, for'subtraction is visible through the inspection hole ll of the slide it and the inspection hole 05 of the casing ll, not shown. If the shafts II, ll are moved toward the left and if the inspection hole ll is brought into the central position as shown in Fig. 3, neither of the registering wheels 66c, 8611 is exposed, but the registering wheel 96 of the principal accumulator A is still exposed through the permanently open hole 9| and the machine is operated like a normal calculating machine.

In the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, the

shafts I8 and 19 and the slide 96 occupy the one end position and the intermediate gear 99' in the subsidiary accumuatorlator C, D is in position to be engaged by the teeth I! of the corresponding calculating wheel l6. It is understood that in fact the teeth II on the calculating wheel l6 mesh with the wheels 66 and 80 but they have been shown a slight distance away from the wheels for the sake of clearness. The shank 92c of the tens-transfer lever 92 which has the cam 930, is in linewith the projection 85c of the first registering device C, but the other shank 92d which has the cam 93d, is not in line with the projection 85 of the second registering .device D. The inspection hole 91 of the slide 96 is above the registering wheel 86c and the intermediate wheel 89' meshes with the spur gear 81c. The operation which will be performed, is addition, as indicated by the sign above the hole 91, and the direction in which the slide 96 and the shafts l9 and 19' have been shifted, is indicated'by the respective arrows.

According to Fig. 2, the shaft 19 together with the registering wheels 86c and 86d mounted thereon has been shifted to the left. The slide 96 has been moved to the right as indicated by its arrow, to bring the hole 91 in line with the registering wheel 86d of the device D. The interposition of the shaft 18 has for this operation not been altered.

In the position shown in Fig. 3, not only the shaft 19' has received an additional movement to the left, but also the shaft I9 has been moved to the left so that the wheel. 80' engages the wheel 81c and the teeth H of the calculating wheel |6 cannot rotate the intermediate wheel 89', i. e. the subsidiary accumulator'C, D is cut. out altogether. shifted to the left, as indicated by the arrow, and assumes an intermediate position in which none of the wheels 86c and 8611 is visible (see Fig. 3).

Referring now to Fig. 4, the subsidiary accumulator C, D is of the same design as in Figs. 1-3; The parts 85a, 66a and81a of the principal accumulator A correspond to the parts 85, 96 and ing shanks 98a and 98b, which is exactly similar to the U-shaped tens-transfer lever 92 of the subsidiary accumulator C, D, is mounted to rock" on the shaft 18" andheld 'against axial displacement by a collar 99. Its cams 93a and 93b cooperate with the projections a of the device In this position the slide 96 'has been.

A and 65b of the device B, respectively. The numbering of the registering wheels 66a, 66c and 66d is as described with reference to the wheels 66, 66c and 96d respectively of Figs. l-3 and the numbering of the wheel 86b corresponds to that of the wheel 96d in the subsidiary accumulator D. Opposite the accumulators A, B inspection holes 94 and 95, such as shown in Fig. 5, are provided in the casing with which the slide 96, having holes 91, cooperates; The slide 96 in this case has, besides the row of holes 91 for cooperation with the holes 94, opposite the devices C, D, an additional-row of holes 91 for cooperation with the holes 94, 95 opposite the devices A and B. 3

In operation. when the parts are in the position illustrated in Fig. 4, with-the holes '91 and 91. in the slide 96 exposing the registering wheels 86a and 860 of the principal accumulator A and the subsidiary accumulator C, a total, for instance, of amounts received, may be read at device A. The final products are calculated by the cooperation of devices A'- and C. The zeroizing of the subsidiary accumulator-is obtained in a manner to be described presently, whereby the products, calculated in this device 0, are automatically transferred into the device A. Now, the shafts 19 and 19' are shifted so that the device B in the principal accumulator cooperates with the device D of the subsidiary accumulator and another total, for instance, of amounts spent, is added at device B. The totals received and spent are now read side by side at devices A and B by suitably shifting the slide 96.

The tens transfer structure will now be described with reference to Figs. 7 to 13.

As mentioned, each calculating wheel has a pair of tens transfer teeth l8 (Figs. 5-10, 12 and 13). One of the teeth is shown in Fig. 10. Each of the teeth I6 is operatively connected to a control lever 5|, fulcrumed on each wheel l6 at 50 and equipped with a pin 53 for engaging in a notch 49 (Fig. 10) of thecorresponding tens transfer tooth i8. The control levers 5| each have a cam face 52 at the free end, and a spring 54 tends to move each of the teeth l8 toward the shaft I 5 of the calculating wheels through .control levers 5|, and pins 53.

The tens transfer structure is mounted on two bars 59 and 60 which are mounted in the casing 90 at opposite sides of the calculating wheels l6.

A bridge 6| which is best shown in Fig. 13, is supported by the bars 59 and 60. It should be borne in mind that Figs. 7 and 12 are views taken from opposite sides.

The bridge 6| has a central recess from which projects a tooth 62 and is equipped with a pin 69 and a pivot 63 at that side which is near the bar 60, and with similar members 63' and 64' at that side which is near the bar 59. A pivot 69 is arranged on the bridge in the vicinity of the bar 60, and another pivot 66' is arranged in the vicinity of the bar 59. A bell-crank lever 65 is mounted to turn about the pivot 63,'and a similar bell-crank lever 65 is mounted to turn about the pivot 63'. The bell-crank levers 65 and 65' have a pin 66 and 66' respectively at the end 'of its shorter arm, and a hook 61 and 61' respectively at the end of its longer arm, as best seen for the bell-crank lever 65' in Fig. 11. The hooks 61 and 6'I' of the two bell-crank'levers 65 and 65 partly cover holes 13 and 13' respectively in the bridge 6|, as also shown in Fig. 11.

A lever 69 with an extension 19 and a plate '11 at the free end of the extension is mounted on the pivot Bl, as shown in Fig. 12, and a similarv lever 89, withan extension Ill and a plate 11' at the free end of its e ension, is mounted on the pivot 68'. At their free inner ends, the levers 5 89 and 89' are equipped with a pin 12 and a V- shaped projection H, and a pin 12' and a projection II, respectively. The pin 12. projects through the hole "in the bridge 6] for cooperation with the hook 61 of bell-crank lever 65, and

10 the pin-"|2' is similarly related to the hook B1 of the other bell-crank lever 65'. A screw 14 on the lever 69 supports a spring whose end 15 bears against the pin 64 on the bridge 6i 'while its ..other end I! bears against the longer arm of bell- 15 crank lever 85. A second spring, with ends 15' and I6 is secured on a screw 14' of the other lever 89', its end ll bearing against the longer arm of bell-crank lever 65'. A camming member with camming faces 41 and 48, is formed on one face of each calculating wheel I for cooper-.

ation with the corresponding bell-crank levers 85 and 65', as best seen in Fig. 11.

If upon rotation of the corresponding calculating wheel I one of the registering wheels, say, one of the wheels ltd on the shaft 19, moves from 9" to ,l, or vice versa, the tooth 85d which corresponds to this wheel, moves the cam "d of lever 32 away from the shaft 19' and the free end of the lever II engages the plate 80 ii at the extension III of lever ll. I 'his causes the lever I! to swing upwards until its pin 12' is engaged by the hook ll of bell-crank lever 85', as best seen in Fig. 11. when the setting wheel it is rotated. further in anti-clockwise direction,

35 as viewed in Fig. 12, the cam face '52 at the free end of that control lever II which is at the right in Fig. 12, rises on the slope of the face at the right of projection II. This causes the control lever II to be turned about its fulcrum at I. and

49 its pin 58, through notch II, to advance the corresponding tens transfer .tooth I. which is of the next higher decimal order, so that it moves the intermediate gear l on the shaft ll for one tooth, and the registering wheel lid on the shaft 4,5 II for the next decimal; When the tens transfer has been effected and the calculating wheel is rotated further in the same direction, the cam face I! at the freeend of the corresponding control lever ll slides 01! the projection Ii a1- 50 together, and 'thetransfer tooth I. is retracted by the spring I} thrcugh'the pin It A short time before the crank or other means (not shown) for operating the machine arrives in its final position, the face ll of the camming memher on the calculating wheel ll engages the pin a Ol'at the short arm of bell-crank lever II, as

shown in Fig.- 11 in which. as the calculating wheel' I. is viewed in the direction opposite to that in Fig. 7 but in the same direction as in Fig. .12, the rotation of the wheel l0, as indicated by the arrow, is anticlockwise. The'hook 81' of the lever ll now releases the Pin 12' and-the lever II is returned into its initial positionby the spring end 10" (Mg. 12). The bell-crank lever I is operated in a similar manner by the cam an elongated notch 51 in the boss I as they are oscillated about theshaft H8 by means which may include a slide. (not shown) and sectors on the slide for oscillating the teeth I! as the slide is reciprocated. 7

Some examples of the operation of the machine will now be described.

1. If it is desired to take several products and to add same, the parts occupy the operative position shown in Figs. -1 and 5, the shaft 18' to the right as indicated by the arrow, while shaft 18 remains in its position, so that the spur. gear 81c of the registering wheel 86c meshes with the intermediate wheel 80', and the slide 86 is shifted to the left, as indicated by its arrow, so that its hole 91 exposes the numerals on the registering wheeiBGc.

This is an adding operation, as indicated by the sign above the hole 81. The main driving shaft I5 is rotated in forward direction, and its calculating wheels it, through teeth i1 and intermediate wheels 80', gearing with the toothed wheels 810 connected to the registering wheels 860,. operate-the wheels registering 880. At the same time, the calculating wheels l8, through the intermediate wheels ll, gearing with the toothed 'wheels 81 connected to the registering wheels ll,

subsidiary accumulator, and added in the principal accumulator;

If it is desired to addall the products or other items in a first operation, and then in a second operation, to perform the same Iaddition but to omit certain products, or items, the first operproduct or item which is to be omitted, so that the subsidiary accumulator becomes inactive for the omitted products or items. The respective totals are read from A and C.

2. If it is desired to subtract several products from a given amount, the shaft 19 is shifted to the left, Fig. 2, so. as to align the spur gear 81d ofregistering wheel 88d of the second registering device D in the subsidiary accumulator unit C, D with the intermediate wheel Ill. Now, the

principal accumulator A cooperates with the registering device D of the subsidiary accumulator: ,The slide 0' is shifted so that its hole ll exposes the registering wheel lid. This position of the'hole is'marked with a sign, as theoperation now to be performed, is subtraction, and the numerals on the wheel lld are arranged 181; opposite sequence to those on the wheels I! and c. to be subtracted, is run in at A and the products are taken by operating D through backward rotation of shaft ll. After the taking of every product, D is zeroizedi Every product is subtracted from the amount run. in upon A immedlately upon the product being taken at D.

3. If it is desired to operate the machine like a normal calculating machine, 1. e. without the The amount from which the products are certain products, or items, and by subtracting others, the principal accumulator A cooperates with both registering devices'C and D in the subsidiary accumulator. The positive products or items are run in upon- 0 by forward rotation of shaft [5, and are not cleared.v Similarly, the negative products are run in upon D by backward rotation of shaft l5, and not cleared. At the end of theoperation, C indicates the total of all positive products or items, say, amounts received, and D indicates the total of all negative products or items, say, amounts spent. The

' balance is read at A.

We wish it to be understood that we do not desire to be limited to the exact details of 'construction shown and described for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art. a i

We claim: 7

1. A calculating unit for calculating machines, comprising a calculating wheel provided 'with adjustable teeth and fixed on a rotatable shaft, a principal accumulator, including two shafts arranged in parallel relation to said rotatable shaft, 9. registering wheel rotatably mounted on one of said two shafts, a stop at one side and a spur gear at the other side of said registering wheel, an intermediate spur gear rotatably mounted on the second of said two shafts and cooperating with'said spur gearon said registering wheel and with the teeth of said calculating wheel, and a tens transfer lever arranged on the second of said two shafts in line with said stop on said registering wheel, and a subsidiary accumulator, comprising two shlftable shafts arranged in parallel relation to said other shafts, a pair of registering wheels mounted to independently rotate on and to partake in the shifting movements of one of said shlftable shafts, a spur gear connected to each of said registering wheels at the sides facing each other, a stop on each of said registering wheels, a second intermediate gear mounted to rotate on and to partake in the shifting movements of the second of said shlftable shafts and a tens transfer lever of U-shaped cross section, also mounted on and partaking in the shifting movements of the sec.- ond of said shlftable shafts, one of the registeringwheels in said subsidiary accumulator being numbered in the same sequence as the registering wheel in said principal accumulator and the.

other being numbered in the opposite sequence,

. and the arrangement being such, that by shifting the first of said shiftable shafts the spur gears on the registering wheels of said subsidiary accumulator may selectively be engaged with and disengaged from the intermediate spur gear on said-second shlftable shaft and simultaneously the shanks of the tens transfer leverof U-shaped cross section on this shaft may selectively be brought in and out of the path of the corresponding projections on said registering wheels, while by shifting the second of said shlftable shafts, said intermediate. spur gear in said subsidiary accumulator may be selectively brought in and out of engagement with the teeth of said calculating wheel.

2. A calculating unit for calculating machines, comprising a calculating wheel provided with adjustable teeth and fixed on arotatable shaft, a principal accumulator and a subsidiary accumulator, each including two shlftable shafts arranged in parallel relation to said rotatable shaft, a pair of registering wheels mounted to independently rotate onand to partake in the shifting movements of one of said shlftable shafts, a spur gear connected to each of said registering wheels at the sides facing each other, a stop on each of said registering wheels, an intermediate gear mounted to rotate onand to. partake in the shifting movements of the second of said shlftable shafts and a tens transfer lever of U-shaped cross section, also mounted on and partaking in the shifting movements of the second of said shlftable shafts, the wheels of the two pairs of registering wheels in the two accumulators being numbered in opposite sequence and those having the same sequence of numerals being arranged in line with each other in the two accumulators, and the arrangement being such,

that in each of said accumulators by shifting the first of said shlftable shafts the spur gears on the registering wheels may selectively be engaged with and disengaged from said intermediate spur gear and simultaneously the shanks of the tens transfer lever on the shaft carrying said inter- 'mediate spur gear may selectively be brought 

